Sponsored hybrid games

A gaming system, comprising:

• a real world engine coupled to a game world, wherein the real world engine is constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from a wager in a gambling game of a hybrid game;
• an entertainment software engine coupled to the game world engine over a network, wherein the entertainment software engine is configured to execute an entertainment game providing outcomes upon a player's skillful execution of an entertainment game of the hybrid game;
• a non-player interface coupled to the game world engine, wherein the non-player interface is configured to:
• generate for a non-player of the hybrid game, sponsorship terms of a sponsor profile of the non-player;
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• communicate to the game world engine the sponsorship terms of the sponsorship profile;
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• the game world engine coupled to the entertainment software engine and the non-player interface, and coupled to the real world engine by the network, wherein the game world engine is constructed to:
• access a database containing a player profile of the player and the sponsor profile of the non-player;
• receive from the non-player interface, the sponsorship terms involving allocation of gameplay resources during sponsored gameplay of the hybrid game between the player profile and the sponsor profile, wherein the gameplay resources are elements that are of limited quantity and the consumption of which during the player's play of the entertainment game of the hybrid game triggers wager in the gambling game of the hybrid game;
• allocate by the game world engine in the entertainment software engine via the network, gameplay resources associated with the sponsor profile to the player profile based on the sponsorship terms for use in the sponsored gameplay of the hybrid game by the player;
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• allocate gameplay resources resulting from a payout of gameplay resources during the sponsored gameplay using the sponsorship terms.